Today I’m participating in the Everyday Electric Blog Hop, which means there is a fun giveaway at the end of this post. It also means that I was sent the Everyday Electic Collection Kit from Echo Park and asked if I’d like to create with it. Is my name Inigo Montoya? Actually no, it isn’t but I’m really dropping the Princess Bride references lately due to the fact that MY HUSBAND STILL HAS NOT SEEN IT.

(There is no side by side this week because this is one page front and back. Because the papers are double sided, I just used one 3×4 paper and embellished both sides of it. )

My clear heart fell and it’s possible that this is week thirty four but remember how I’m way too laid-back  lazy to re-take photos when I notice something out of place after I upload it to my blog? Yeah, that’s happening right now. Plus, I might need to update my calendar. And also, I’m totally not an instagrammer so much as a latergrammer. I’ll scroll through photos on my phone and be like “SO CUTE! INSTAGRAM!” even though I took them the week before. This is my deepest, darkest confession. Just kidding. It’s just my deepest confession.

The mad hatter photo is from Scarlette’s current obsession, her Alice In Wonderland book. And my friend Raechel recommended this online styling company called Stitch Fix where you fill out a style profile and they send you a box of clothing. I tried it out this past week and thought their packaging was too cute to not include.

Here are two very important Project Life tips for you: A) if you are going to include cookie packaging, be sure to wipe off ALL of the crumbs so that Lucy Dog doesn’t attack you while trying to take Project Life pictures and B) if you have a favorite date stamp, never let your toddler play with it lest you find July 28, 2012 stamped on the wall but never actually see said stamp again. Learn from me, grasshoppers.

Also, my favorite tweet last week was “Dang it feels good to be a gangsta.” Why is anyone even friends with me? I don’t know.

My friend Allison Kreft designed the Everyday Eclectic collection for Echo Park so I was excited to join this blog hop in support of her and also because they are generously giving away an Echo Park Paper Everyday Eclectic collection kit (which is what I used to make the pages above) to one of my readers! And! All of the other blog hop participants are giving away a collection as well, so if you visit each of the designers below to see what they’ve done with the new collection and leave them a comment, you’ll be entered to win a bunch (y’all too, international friends!)

Blog Hop List:
Echo Park Blog
Allison Kreft
Ali Edwards
Amy Tan
Dina Wakley
Kayla Aimee  <- YOU ARE HERE!
Kelly Purkey
Kerry Lynn Yeary

Project Life In Progress: You can click here to see all of my Project Life pages so far 

Giveaway Rules:
ONE winner will be selected from each blog to receive an Echo Park Paper Everyday Eclectic collection kit. To qualify for the giveaway, post a comment by midnight EST, Sunday, September 5th. Be sure to leave a comment on each blog and check back there to see if you’ve won. Each blog will announce its own winner. Please leave comments for this blog’s giveaway in the comments section below! (open to U.S. AND international residents)

(some affiliate/referral links included, and since the FTC makes me state the TOTALLY OBVIOUS: the Everyday Eclectic collection was sent to me c/o Echo Park to create these pages with. Thanks Allison & Echo Park!)

Last week Scarlette and I were invited to speak at Macy’s representing our local March Of Dimes chapter. We were there to promote the Shop For A Cause Event. Anytime I am given the opportunity to share Scarlette’s story I am so overwhelmed with gratitude that ours has such a happy ending.

Turns out, Scarlette is a big fan of public speaking. Or herself. Or maybe both. She spent the entire time I was speaking clapping excitedly or throwing her arms to the side and exclaiming “ta-da!”

Once a week we go couponing for groceries at Target and I treat Scarlette and myself to some pumpkin bread at the in-store Starbucks. Scarlette has taken to “roar”ing like a dinosaur at random customers that walk past her to the cream and sugar station.

Basically, my child is incredibly charming.

Also, I have no idea why we taught her that dinosaurs roar and not like, lions or something. Did dinosaurs even roar? I mean, maybe they chirped. Or meow-ed.

Project Life In Progress: You can see all of my past project life pages here + I’m linking up with Jess over at The Mom Creative! I used the Meant To Be digital kit from Paislee Press again for this page because I want to marry it.

This week is actually three pages because I wanted to incorporate all of my memorabilia from the Nintendo event + it was Jeff’s birthday. I actually ordered this older Studio Calico kit from Plum District and used it for the majority of my pages this week. I know you’re thinking that I totally broke my “don’t buy anything new for Project Life rule” but I had Plum District credit so technically the kit was free which means technically I’m still good.

That song is stuck in your head now, right? I totally put in a picture of diapers because that is how I spend the majority of my day. Changing them. Washing them. Changing them. Forgetting to bring them inside off the clothesline before it rains and then washing them again. A sweet card. Tags from things I ordered this week + the world’s best smelling candle. It’s at Target and it is seriously delicious.

Scarlette has become obsessed with my earrings. I didn’t have any pictures of that but I found that top one from May and put it in and decided I was okay with that. Also, “Hay Bay Uhn” is Scarlette speak for headband. I think she’s a little bit country. Andplusalso, go pin this recipe for vanilla pancake sauce. It is fantastic.

These are all of my instagrams from the WiiU experience trip. I had a ton of things I wanted to include, like my boarding passes, restaurant menus, VIP badge and room service tickets. I would like to immortalize that seventeen dollar bowl of soup. I wish I’d seen the new tall envelope inserts before I made this page because I would much preferred to put the non-cute memorabilia in one of those. Make your room service tickets cuter, hotels!

Some of y’all wanted to know what my favorite new game for the WiiU was and surprisingly, it was SiNG. I really love karaoke in general but I adore it in the privacy of my own home where I can download Adele and then pretend to be her. Also, there was an egg on my salad. That is fancy.

I’m linking up with Jess for Project Life Tuesday and pretending like I’m not totally behind. It’s Friday, Friday gotta get down on Friday…there. Now Leavin’ On A Jet Plane isn’t in your head anymore. You’re welcome.

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